VS Code Codex Agent burns insane amount of tokens to run two git commands during a single commit (CLI v0.44, gpt-5-codex high, please reset tokens ;_; usage is way higher than usual)

What version of Codex is running?

0.44

Which model were you using?

gpt-5-codex (high)

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.14.0-32-generic x86_64 x86_64

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Open a normal Git repo in VS Code (commit touched only a few test files).

Open Codex Agent panel. Settings: model gpt-5-codex, reasoning high.

Ask the agent to commit staged changes (e.g., “commit: consolidate gait resolver and canonical columns tests”).

Agent runs only two trivial commands:

git status -sb

git commit -m '<short message>'

Watch the Codex token counter in the status bubble.

Observed run: token meter jumped from 5,495k to 5,661k while only those two git commands executed.

What is the expected behavior?

Token usage for a simple commit (status + commit) should remain in the low thousands at most. Utility/git tasks should not trigger repo-wide context pulls or repeated mega-prompts. It shouldnt be using 150K tokens????? I notice my weekly usage is wayyy higher than it ever has been before and im still doing the same amount of coding with codex.

What do you see instead?

Token usage massively jumps for a commit that only stages/tests and runs git commit.
UI shows 5,495k → 5,661k tokens during two commands. (2020% → 2112%, also insanely high %)

Additional information

pls reset token usage, vs code IDE extension is sky rocketing my weekly usage %, and i just paid another month of PRO LOL.